Red Cross Blood Drive – Dec. 2014

We want to thank the 60 people who showed up to donate their blood, the 52 people who were able to donate, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, the members who made cookies and the members who hosted the blood drive on Saturday,...

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2014 Time Talent Fair

As we faithfully consider our financial pledges each year, we also explore new ways we are called to share our time and talents in the ministry of our church each year.  This year, we divided the Time/Talent Fair into two Sundays.  The first Sunday enabled each committee to explain their...

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Congo Water Cistern in use

Our Presbyterian missionary, Jeff Boyd, recently sent the following report with 2 pictures showing one of the three cisterns we sponsored is now in use. The cistern at the church of Rev. Augustin Mukendi is very large and has a nice gutter system installed.  It is completely finished.  We were...

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2014 Crop Walk

Over 110 people from the Fenton churches showed up to walk in the 2014 CROP Walk on October 5 including 14 people from our church.  This was Fenton’s 34th annual walk for the Fenton, Lake Fenton, Linden and Holly area.  Approximately $14,300 was raised through this walk to “end hunger...

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Food Bank Mission Outreach Report

In 2013, 251,670 people or more than 1 in 6 people lived in food insecure households within the 22 counties served by the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  Through our pledges to our church’s program, the Mission committee makes donations to the Food Bank to assist in their mission outreach....

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Genesee County Family Promise Hosting

Genesee County Family Promise continues hosting homeless families at 13 area churches.  This week volunteers from our church supported the Flushing Presbyterian Church when their turn to host arrived.  We performed the hosting activities for 2 of the 7 days in their week of hosting by preparing the dinner meals,...

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2014 North End Soup Kitchen

Sixteen volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, September 27, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis.  Larry Zimbler again headed up our meal preparation by deciding on a menu, obtaining the food and organizing our volunteers.  We served...

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2014 Read & Feed Program

We are happy to report that our Read & Feed program was a great success for our third year!  We hosted 24 second and third grade students from area schools who had been identified as needing assistance with reading.  We hoped to “jump-start” their fall schooling by providing them with...

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Congo Water Project almost implemented

Our Presbyterian missionary, Jeff Boyd, has emailed us on August 18, 2014 to inform us that the 3 water cisterns are now made, on location and ready for installation.  Two cisterns will be installed at two schools in west Kasai and one cistern at Dibindi Foyer.  These cisterns will benefit...

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2014 Bastille Day Race

On Saturday, July 12, 2014, our church supported the Bastille Day Race in downtown Fenton.  Each year, this race generates over $18,000 for the Genesee County Habitat for Humanity chapter and brings thousands of visitors into Fenton.  The 15k race began at 7:45 am while the 5k run/walk began at...

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